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USC Takes Championship Over Stanford, 10-9
May 16, 2010
Feature: USC Upperclassmen Soak In Championship Victory
Kyle Kensing
Special to NCAA.com
SAN DIEGO - Southern California coach Jovan Vavic was still soggy from the celebratory dip in the pool following his team's 10-9 NCAA women's water polo championship clinching defeat of Stanford Sunday.
He was also all smiles with Women of Troy seniors Tumua Anae and Kally Lucas on either side of him.
"When you're a coach for so many years, you think it's going to get old," he said. "But I'm as excited about this finish, this championship as [2004]. It doesn't get old. In fact, in some ways I was more excited for this one because we waited so long."
Past frustrations were exorcised at the San Diego State University Aztec Aquaplex in a defeat of top-seeded Stanford that came literally down to the final play. Despite leading through three periods, USC had to hold off a Stanford rally that nearly bridged a four-goal gap.
Annika Dries' goal with 45 seconds left brought Stanford within one for the first time since early in the third period, and capped a torrid, 1-minute, 40-second sprint.
With momentum decidedly on Stanford's side and less than a minute separating USC from the championship it had been denied in the previous two title games, the Women of Troy regrouped.
"With 45 seconds left, we were all in the center of the pool saying, `This is the best defense of our lives,'" said USC's Lucas. "And we got our stop. It's something special -win by four, win by one, it feels great either way."
This was not unfamiliar territory for either squad. The Cardinal and Women of Troy last met April 24 in a match that featured a Stanford rally and eventual overtime win.
That time was for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship.
"It played out exactly as our other games did, where they came out with a lot of energy, executed and got out to a lead," said Stanford coach John Tanner. "It was eerily similar to our other games. We came back chipping away. We got great looks, but didn't convert. We were spending a lot of energy to get back in it."
USC was able to build that lead thanks to a potent power-play attack. The Women of Troy converted on four such opportunities in the first half, and tacked on another in the fourth period.
As successful as USC was offensively on the power play however, Vavic credited his team's defense against the power play as key.
"Our five-on-six defense was great. It saved us today, in fact," he said.
Stanford was only able to capitalize on two power-play opportunities, but the Cardinal remained within striking distance thanks to its penalty shooting. Senior Kelly Eaton scored on all four of her penalty chances.
While Eaton carried a bulk of the load for Stanford, USC spread the scoring wealth through seven different players. Lucas, Patricia Jansco and Kristen Dronberger were USC's multiple goal scorers, each providing two.
Lucas had the final score, moments after Kami Craig put USC ahead, 9-6, on a goal she followed with a spirited celebration.
It was one example of an especially fired-up USC squad.
"It was the most passionate water polo games I've ever played," said Anae, a dynamo in the cage Sunday, who followed up one crucial save with a wag of the finger.
"I was surprised. Pleasantly surprised," laughed Vavic.
Cheering on its team's energetic play was a noisy USC contingent. Members of the university's band were in attendance, as well as cheerleaders.
"With the band and our family and friends, I'd say we brought our home pool to San Diego," Anae said.
And with championship wrapped up, USC left its mark in San Diego.
NOTES: Marist topped Pomona-Pitzer, 6-5, to claim seventh place. The fifth place game went to UCLA, which upended Michigan, 9-6.
California claimed its first NCAA water polo trophy and finished third in the tournament with an 11-7 defeat of Loyola Marymount in the consolation championship.
USC's Craig earned Most Valuable Player honors. She highlights an All-Tournament team featuring:
First Team
Camille Hewko (Cal)
Jessica Steffens (Stanford)
Tumua Anae (USC)
Anne Scott (Loyola Marymount)
Melissa Seidemann (Stanford)
Kristen Dronberger (USC)
Forel Davies (USC)
Second Team
KK Clark (UCLA)
Kristine Cato (LMU)
Annika Dries (Stanford)
Leah Robertson (Michigan)
Kim Krueger (Stanford)
Kelly Eaton (Stanford)
Dana Ochsner (Cal)
Samantha Swartz (Marist)
Tamara Perea (Pomona-Pitzer)


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I was playing around with the endpoint catalog views this afternoon just looking at ways to do poor man's configuration collection on SQL Server and the options avaliable. The endpoints naturally represent the way in to SQL Server and since TCP is the default network protocol for SQL Server 2005 and 2008, I was looking specifically at sys.tcp_endpoints. Basically, I was looking to execute the following:
, [state_desc]
, [port]
, [is_dynamic_port]
, [ip_address]
FROM sys.[tcp_endpoints];
This query would seem to return a lot of useful information. It returns the name of the TCP endpoint, whether or not it's active, what IP address and port it is listening on, as well as whether or not that port was configured dynamically. However, what I got back was 0 for port, 1 for is_dynamic_port, and NULL for ip_address for several servers I hit. basically, these are the three columns in sys.tcp_endpoints that are not in the catalog view sys.endpoints. They represent TCP specific configuration information. But with one glance it's obvious that the information being returned isn't useable. So I went back to Books Online and checked, and sure enough, there was this proviso:
The information that is displayed regarding ports and IP addresses is not used to configure the protocols and may not match the actual protocol configuration. To view and configure protocols, use SQL Server Configuration Manager.
So if you're looking at trying to extract the IP address and port SQL Server is listening on from this catalog view, don't. It can't be relied upon. The guidance from Books Online says to use SQL Server Configuration Manager and that certainly works, but it's a GUI tool, and not useful for retrieving the information using an automated process. All of the information on TCP endpoints is in the registry, it's just a matter of parsing the information out. So I'll be looking at writing a quick script that does just that.

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Author Notes: Fresh from living in Italy, I posted a recipe a year ago from a local grocer that I called the Puglia Lady's orecchiette and rabe. It was impossible to mess up there -- simple, healthy and tasty. Somehow it fell short here. Not enough flavor, not enough greens. The problem, I think, is the that 'the rabe here -- and I have been limited to supermarket stuff -- doesn't have the same big bitter taste. This is my attempt to make it right, informed slightly by a trip to Florence where I ordered it in a sort of fancy restaurant. —fisheri
Serves: 4
bunches rabe
tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
cloves garlic
anchovy fillets
salt and pepper
half cup chicken stock
tablespoon red wine vinegar
pound quality orecchiette
good parmeggiano cheese
- Remove most of the stems from rabe. Cut greens into 2 or 3 inch pieces. Boil and salt water. Blanche the greens for five minutes or so. Drain and set aside.
- Heat three tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped garlic and anchovies, along with a good pinch of pepperonchino. Saute three minutes or so, until anchovies are dissolved.
- Add rabe, stir and saute about 5 minutes so it soaks up the oil. Add a bit of salt. Add chicken broth and vinegar and saute, stirring as needed, till the rabe is tender but by no means mushy. There should be a bit of tasty liquid but not too much.
- Boil orecchiete in salted water, watching like a hawk that it doesn't overcook. I recently bought very good orecchiette that was ready three minutes before the recommended cooking time. Drain pasta when done.
- Combine pasta and rabe over medium heat for a minute or two. Check for salt. A bit of oil will not hurt.
- Serve with generous grating of parmeggiano, a drizzle of oil, black pepper and a little fine sea salt.
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Today I am reviewing my 30th product from the Ritter Sport range, and it is a bar that I haven't seen reviewed on any other site. This Ritter Sport Advocaat variant was part of the spring collection sent to me by Dean-German-Grocery, and was simply formed of a 'advocaat truffle filling with a milk chocolate coating'. My experiences with Advocaat are admittedly pretty limited, though I have to be known to indulge in a few 'Snowballs' (Advocaat and lemonade) during recent Christmas periods. For those unaware Advocaat is a liqueur that is formed of mostly eggs and brandy (See HERE).
This was a bar from the standard Ritter Sport range so it of course came in the usual 100.0g size. The yellow colouring of the wrapper seemed relevant to the flavour theme, whilst I thought the cream coloured filling at the centre of each block gave the chocolate a very appetising look. As with most Ritter Sport products the bar was kept in immaculate condition by the well fitted plastic wrapper. The tight preservation also meant that the aroma of the bar was nicely maintained; it was certainly not the strongest smelling chocolate ever, but some sweet cocoa scents did emit.
I am forever remarking that Ritter Sport chocolate on its own isn't the greatest and that it is normally the fillings that make so many of their bars great. Indeed the chocolate here again proved to be sound, yet unspectacular. The quite familiar milky and mild cocoa flavours were established early in the taste and were delivered nicely with a smooth, thick melt. Despite being portioned as generously as most Ritter fillings (35.0%) the Advocaat truffle filling unfortunately failed in establishing the level of incremental flavours I was hoping for. In comparison to other variants from the Ritter Sport range the cream based flavours of the filling tasted a little mellow and just failed to grab my taste buds with any meaningful flavours. In between the creamy flavours there were signs of the brandy coming through but on the whole it really failed to create much excitement. The culmination of the standard chocolate and uninspiring Advocaat truffle filling left me feeling quite unsatisfied.
Overall I am sure you will be able to tell by now that this was one of the poorer of the 30 Ritter Sport products I have tried. As I have said many a time Ritter Sport chocolate needs to be complimented well by the central flavour of the bar. When this is not the case as with this Advocaat Truffle bar the result is obviously never going to be an overly positive one. With most reviews you may have noticed that I can generally find at least a few clusters of people I can recommend the product to, unfortunately this just isn't the case with this one. This was far from being a poor tasting bar, but given the standard of the rest of the range you would be better off looking elsewhere.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska-based soldier convicted of attempted espionage faces up to life in prison when he goes before a U.S. Army sentencing panel Monday, the military said Thursday.
Spc. William Colton Millay pleaded guilty last month, but his plea was announced only on Thursday by officials at Joint Base Richardson-Elmendorf in Anchorage. JBER spokesman John Pennell said the primary reason for the delay is because of the process of selecting the panel, which functions as a penalty jury. Officials decided to wait until closer to Monday's hearing — when Millay originally was scheduled to begin a general court martial — "so that we would have less chance of tainting the panel," Pennell said.
Among other allegations, Millay, of Owensboro, Ky., was accused of transmitting national defense information to an undercover FBI agent he believed was a foreign intelligence agent.
Millay, 24, pleaded guilty March 19 to attempted espionage, soliciting a fellow service member to get classified material, issuing a false statement and communicating national defense information.
His attorney, Seattle-based Charles Swift, did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday.
Millay, who will be sentenced at the Alaska base, is being held at Joint Base-Lewis McChord in Washington state where the closest military confinement facility is located. He was in Alaska for a routine motion when he decided to plead guilty, Pennell said. Any prison time would be served at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., according to Pennell.
The sentencing panel, to consist of five to 12 members, has a range of penalties it can consider for Millay, from prison time to dishonorable discharge.
Millay was arrested in October 2011.
Officials have declined to say what country Millay believed the FBI agent represented, but such details are likely to come out at the sentencing hearing, Pennell said.
Millay, a military police officer, was being observed during the espionage investigation and no damage occurred, officials have said.
His arrest at the Anchorage base stemmed from an investigation by the Army, FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Army officials said Millay "had access to the information through the course of his normal duties both stateside and on a previous deployment, and believed that it could be used to the detriment of the United States or the advantage of a foreign nation." Officials have not said what time period was involved, but Millay's previous attorney, Steve Karns of Dallas, has said the allegations cover 2011.
Millay was assigned to a combat tour in Iraq from December 2009 to July 2010, and he served in Korea, according to the Army.
Officials have said the investigation did not involve a sting operation.
Officials have said there is no connection between Millay's case and one involving Bradley Manning, an Army private who is accused of disclosing secret intelligence to WikiLeaks. There also is no link between Millay's case and Benjamin Bishop, a Hawaii-based civilian defense contractor recently accused of giving military secrets to his much younger Chinese girlfriend, according to Pennell.
Millay began his Alaska assignment May 2011. Most members of his company were deployed to Afghanistan that year, but Millay was in the company's rear detachment that stayed behind.


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Ashlee Simpson totes around a stylish Louis Vuitton handbag as she arrives at LAX airport with her mom Tina Simpson in Los Angeles on Wednesday (July 7).
The 25-year-old Texas-born singer has recently been spending time with her son, Bronx, while big sis Jessica has been in the headlines for her new boy, ex-NFL player Eric Johnson. Jess even hung out with Just Jared last month showing off her new fashion line!
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A&B Foundation and Matson Navigation Company support future ocean explorersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Margot Schrire, (808) 956-6774
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Posted: Jul 13, 2011
HILO – University of Hawai'i at Hilo's 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i received a $7,500 gift from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation and its subsidiary Matson Navigation Company in support of the navigation and wayfinding skills workshop at 'Imiloa focused on training crew members of Hawai'i's voyaging community.
The fourth annual crew training workshops, named 'Imi Na'auao, focused its primary activities at 'Imiloa and moved to oceanside venues for observation and coastal sailing. Chad "Kalepa" Baybayan, master wayfinder and 'Imiloa navigator-in-residence, served as the program's lead instructor and was joined by senior members from the 'Ohana Wa'a voyaging community. 'Imi Na'auao is a collaborative effort of the statewide voyaging community and provided an opportunity to engage the broader community in the culture, history and legacy of Hawai'i's mariner ancestors. The donation funded program necessities such as resource books, food and transportation for aspiring navigators and crew.
The seven-day workshop was launched in March 2007 to guide high school and college students in developing navigation and seamanship skills while exploring relevant connections to science and culture. Teachers, community educators, environmental proponents and active members for the voyaging community came together and mentored the workshop participants.
The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation's initial gift of $7,500 in 2008 helped establish the much-needed framework for this initiative. 'Imi Na'auao's success over the past four years continue to inspire and educate future navigators and the community.
"Since the inception of the modern day revival of voyaging in the mid 1970s, the voyaging community has experienced phenomenal growth with new voyaging organizations established across communities in Hawai'i and parts of Polynesia," said Baybayan. "The growth of voyaging organizations is a direct result of today's communities demanding programs that engage multi-aged learners in an experience that is challenging, nurturing, impactful, and conducted in a dynamic and relevant environment. On a voyaging canoe, where values, language, and critical thinking skills all come together in hands-on way, programs like 'Imi Na'auao are helping to inspire and engage people in science, technology, engineering and math in ways we never imagined. We appreciate Alexander & Baldwin and Matson's commitment to this important mission and are proud to continue the voyage."
For more information on how you can support the 'Imiloa Astronomy Center, please call Nico Verissimo at (808) 969-9732 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Photo Caption (left to right): Kaimana Barcarse, Aha Punana Leo Honuakai; Russell Chin, Matson Navigation Company; Chad Kalepa Baybayan, associate director & navigator-in-residence, 'Imiloa; Ka'iu Kimura, executive director, 'Imiloa; Chad 'Onoihi Paishon, 'Ohana Wa'a; Kawika Eskaran, 'Ohana Wa'a; Kamoa'e Walk, 'Ohana Wa'a
The University of Hawai'i Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawai'i System. Our mission is to unite our donors' passions with the University of Hawai'i's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawai'i and beyond. We do this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships. www.uhfoundation.org
The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is a comprehensive university with five degree-granting colleges, six master's programs and two doctoral programs. UH Hilo strives to integrate culture and science, offer hands-on learning opportunities to its students and use the Island of Hawai'i as a natural learning laboratory. Enrollment has doubled since 1980 to nearly 4,000 students coming from all fifty states and more than 40 countries. Please visit www.uhh.hawaii.edu.
'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i is a world-class informal science education center located on the University of Hawai'i at Hilo campus. 'Imiloa is a place of life-long learning where the power of Hawai'i's cultural traditions, its legacy of exploration and the wonders of astronomy come together to provide inspiration and hope for generations. The Center's interactive exhibits, 3D full dome planetarium, native landscape, and programs and events engage children, families and the local community in the wonders of science and technology found in Hawai'i. It is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays). For more information, visit the website at www.imiloahawaii.org or call (808) 969-9703.


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First off, play the interview along side the video DB just posted with the audio turned off…. it matches perfectly, cut for cut. 🙂
In all seriousness folks, it was great to have DJ Locutus interview live in station here at KWUR. He offered some really interesting insights into DJing from when he got into it versus now, the production side of it, as well as the international audience versus our American one. I did my best Babwa Wawa/Anderson Cooper/Charlie Rose impression including my lone raised eyebrow that reads pensive concern, though you can't see it in the podcast.
Being a DJ who almost exclusively gets gigs internationally, but resides here in St. Louis, it's quite a treat to have him spin here in St. Louis, Saturday March 8th at Mercury, 1025 Spruce St, in downtown St. Louis. I was quite ecstatic to get the chance to interview him on air, and he definitely didn't disappoint with his knowledge and thoughts on the electronic dance music scene.
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When asked about the massive international EDM scene versus the American Scene, DJ Locutus replied:
"…I think a lot of it has to do with language barriers as well. It's a lot easier to listen to pop music in english where most of the pop music is produced. lf you're sitting in Germany, or if you're sitting in Japan, or if you're sitting in Brazil, you might as not be as interested in that."
When asked about the one track that really got him into techno, he responded with a really great anecdote about growing up, shuffling through record bins in Indiana:
"I talked a little bit about how we started going to these parties in 92, 93, and this guy named Nick ran this little record shop in our little hometown in Indiana, he would order all kinds of wierd punk rock and stuff, so we were like 'Man, you gotta get some of this techno, it's just so crazy,' and he said to us, 'Well, I got this fax. Just look through it and pick something out. But if you pick it, when it gets here, you have to buy it. I don't care what it sounds like, but if you pick it out, I'm ordering it for you,' and we're like 'uh, ok.' So, we pick five things, they came back, three of them we hated, one was ok, and one was called 'Belgian Resistance' by 'Underground Resistance.' That track blew my mind… I remember one time, I was sitting with my friends Dave and Andy, who are on Docile records right now, and I was like, "Look, I know we bought a lot of records, but every record we buy, from now on, has to sound just like this."
Here's the whole rest of the interview in an mp3 format…
Like I said, it's really great to have someone like DJ Locutus here in station, in St. Louis, supporting St. Louis Underground radio. I'd like to thank M^2 Productions for having him in station!
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Words That Inspire: Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande
"Sometimes I stand on the river bank
and feel the water take my pain,
allow my nostalgic brooding
a reprieve.
The water flows south,
constantly redrafting its story
which is my story,
rising and lowering with glimmering meanings—
here nations drown their stupid babbling,
bragging senators are mere geese droppings in the mud,
radicals and conservatives are stands of island grass,
and the water flows on,
cleansing, baptizing Muslims, Jews and Christians alike.
I yearn to move past these days of hate and racism.
That is why this Rio Grande,
these trees and sage bushes
the geese, horses, dogs and river stones
are so important to me—
with them
I go on altering my reptilian self,
reaching higher notes of being
on my trombone heart,
pulsing out into the universe, my music
according to the leaf's music sheet,
working, with a vague indulgence toward a song
we the people."
Note for Educators:
Do you have a spot in nature where you go to for refuge? For inspiration? For peace? A place where you can release your burdens, free of judgment?
Jimmy Santiago Baca stands on the banks of the Rio Grande and soaks in the river's power and simplicity. It is this sacred place where Baca can safely voice his opinions, his feelings, his pain.
Foster reflection. Use this poem as an invitation for your students to step outside, find a spot in nature, and take note of this place so fully that they can talk to it about what is deeply and profoundly moving them. Have your students jot down the ideas that are swirling in their heads, ending their alone time calmly with pensive observations of the natural world around them.
Shout out. Perhaps the invitation is to 'shout out' what bothers them in the world.
Rough draft reading. Or, perhaps the invitation is to read the poem three times, what Anaheim, California high school English teacher Kelly Gallagher calls "rough draft reading." The first time being their rough draft read, reading it quietly and taking a moment to jot down insights. Then, circling words and phrases that catch them off guard... and to writing questions in the margins. The second read beckons your students to jot down more thoughts. For the third and final reading, give your students three to five minutes to jot down what they think about the poem and what they think it says to them.
Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande is an invitation to let a river of feelings and big ideas about life flow from your students' souls.


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The Bayfield High School girls basketball season ended in the second half.
The Wolverines, giving up 19 seeds to their opponent, gave up a two-point halftime lead and lost to Trinidad 41-31 in Round 1 of the CHSAA Class 3A Girls Basketball State Championships on Friday night in Trinidad.
No. 26 Bayfield (10-13) led 16-14 at the halfway mark, then trailed by four, 26-22, to end the third quarter.
Then, No. 7 Trinidad pulled away.
Destini McGhehey scored 14 to lead BHS, including a 6-for-7 night from the free throw line.


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Former-Real Madrid star Guti thinks Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could play together on the same team.
The recently retired Spain international is keen to swap his boots for the boardroom, and is looking for a role as a sporting director.
And the Bernabeu legend revealed he would have no problem finding room for the world's two best players on his team.
"Who I would sign out of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi? Whoever would come," Guti told Spanish newspaper Marca.
"They are both a cut above, they're the best in the world. If I could have both of them, I would. I believe they could play alongside each other, because they don't play the same position."
Ronaldo and Messi traded goals in last weekend's El Clasico at the Nou Camp. The 2-2 draw split the four goals between the two main Ballon d'Or candidates in a thoroughly entertaining La Liga match.
But the draw kept Barcelona eight points clear of Real Madrid. While still early in the season, Jose Mourinho will be concerned with his side's form, while in contrast new Barca boss Tito Vilanova will be satisfied with his side's fast start.
Messi and Ronaldo ran away with the Pichichi top-scorer award race last season, and the two superstars already have eight goals each.
But they have company this season - Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao also has eight goals already this campaign, and the Colombian forward has admitted he's looking to challenge the Messi and Ronaldo La Liga stranglehold.
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Joint statement from Gay-Straight Alliance Network, the RYSE Center, Transgender Law Center, and the Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County in response to Hercules High School incident
UPDATE: In light of recent reports, our hearts continue to go out to the youth and his family. We take very seriously every story about any student not being safe and supported. We understand violence and issues of safety are pervasive problems in West Contra Costa Unified School District, and we share the district's stated goal of ensuring all students are able to learn and thrive in a safe, compassionate, and welcoming environment. We continue our strong commitment to all students, and our open invitation to partner with the district to create a positive school environment remains.
Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) is a national youth leadership organization that empowers youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools by training student leaders and supporting student-led Gay-Straight Alliance clubs throughout the country. GSA Network operates the GSA Network of California and the National Association of GSA Networks, which unites 37 statewide networks of GSA clubs. www.gsanetwork.org
RYSE creates safe spaces grounded in social justice that build youth power for young people to love, learn, educate, health and transform lives and communities. www.rysecenter.org/
Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. www.transgenderlawcenter.org/
The Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County envisions a society that embraces acceptance, safety and equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. www.rainbowcc.org/


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In the nearly 30 years Hill has been state attorney for the circuit that includes Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, he said he's averaged writing about one or two letters a year about officers' conduct.
LAKELAND | It's not often the 10th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office issues a letter stating it won't accept testimony from a law enforcement officer.
But it happens, State Attorney Jerry Hill said, and it's always in the most serious of circumstances.
"The people have a right to demand a certain standard from law enforcement," he said.
In the nearly 30 years Hill has been state attorney for the circuit that includes Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, he said he's averaged writing about one or two letters a year about officers' conduct.
The recent case of Lakeland police Sgt. Felicia Wilson is somewhat different because she wasn't untruthful and didn't break the law. Wilson's letter, sent by Hill to LPD Chief Lisa Womack last week, centered around Wilson's performance and competence as an investigating officer.
"Sgt. Wilson's numerous failures during her investigation and the trial have irreparably harmed her credibility with this office," Hill wrote. "As a result, we will no longer prosecute any case with Sgt. Wilson that is uncorroborated by another state witness."
Prosecuting people who have committed crimes and taking away their civil liberties is what prosecutors and the court system does, Hill said.
"I want to be damned sure it's going to be done by people we can rely on before we take away someone's civil liberties," he said. "It's something we take seriously."
But James Preston, president of the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, said there are other, less severe, ways to handle such situations.
Often, problems can be dealt with with additional training or through internal investigations within departments or through the Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission, which can revoke a police officer's certification.
But a letter stating testimony will no longer be accepted prevents an officer from being able to do his or her job, he said. "It just kills (their) career."
Jim Diamond, executive director of the West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association, agreed and said he thinks letters like the one Hill wrote about Wilson should only be used in the most extreme circumstances. The West Central Florida PBA is the union that represents Lakeland police officers.
"If an officer demonstrates gross incompetence repeatedly, it's difficult to support them," Diamond said. "But we believe in due process."
If the letter is based solely on one incident, one in which an officer may have been tired or unprepared, Diamond said, that isn't fair.
"That's not enough to destroy their career. I hate to see any state attorney in any venue wield that hammer because they lost that case," he said.
There also is no way to reverse the effect of the letter, short of the state attorney changing his mind or a new state attorney being elected, Diamond said. "Who do you appeal to?"
Hill said he wouldn't rule out allowing Wilson to testify in the future, but "I think it would take a while" for her to demonstrate she had become reliable.
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Concussion, broken neck but now it's healed or was it ever broken in the first place... but now it's soft tissue damage. Can somebody make up their mind and just fix this dude or at least figure what the deal is?
Sidney Crosby was reluctant to share stories with his teammates about his weekend. While they had several days off or played in the NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, the Penguins captain was again addressing the health issues that have troubled him the past 13 months.
"Basically, my break was spent in doctors' offices and MRI machines, stuff like that," Mr. Crosby said Tuesday. "I didn't have an exciting break, but some of the guys did, so it was more talking about that."
Mr. Crosby had news to share, though, potentially important news. After consulting with spinal trauma expert Alexander Vaccaro and others in his growing medical team, he learned that he has a soft-tissue injury in his upper neck.
Not a broken neck, past or present.
Maybe not even a concussion anymore.
It's possible his latest symptoms -- trouble with motion and balance -- are caused by the neck injury and not a lingering or new brain injury.


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Hi Zoi, so glad you enjoyed it! It's a great way to use up almond pulp. I don't actually dehydrate my pulp at all in this recipe! Also, I didn't cut it until it was frozen, so that may have had something to do with it too. Hope this helps!
Raw almond pulp fudge
Prep Time
Total Time
Shelf Life2 weeks in freezer
Rating5/5 (from 18 ratings)5
- 1/2 cup almond pulp (squeezed, dry to touch)
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 cup dates
- 5 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoons dried coconut
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup or agave nectar
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Recipe Directions
- 1. Place cashews alone in your food processor and process until they become small and crumbly. You are making flour out of cashews!
- 2. Add dates to the cashews and process again until the mixture sticks together and the dates are well processed.
- 3. Add the remaining ingredients and process again until the mixture turns a lovely dark chocolatey brown. Stop processing before it gets too buttery. (There should still be air between the small bits so that you will be able to press them down into your pan.)
- 4. Dump the mixture into a brownie dish or small cake pan and press down very firmly using your clean hands.
- 5. Throw this raw almond pulp fudge recipe into the freezer for at least one hour. This fudge should always be kept in the freezer. Slice before eating and eat right out of the freezer. They won't turn rock-hard. They will be nice and chewy. Do not refrigerate or defrost.
The Rawtarian's ThoughtsBy The Rawtarian
This recipe is only for those of you who have leftover almond pulp from making almond milk in your blender. (If you do not have leftover almond pulp, then do not bother making this recipe! Make my regular raw brownie recipe instead.)
For an even more delightful fudgey dessert, ice the fudge with raw chocolate icing before freezing. (Not necessary though, still very good without the icing.)
Nutrition Facts
- This recipe is very low in Carbohydrates, and Sodium.
- This recipe is a good source of Riboflavin.
- This recipe is a noteworthy source of Protein, Dietary Fiber, Iron, and Vitamin E.
Amounts per 62 g (2 oz) suggested serving
|% Daily
|10 %
|6 g
|11 %
|14 g
|17 %
|32 g
|9 %
|Dietary Fiber
|6 g
|18 %
|22 g
|58 mg
|6 %
|2.2 mg
|17 %
|102 mg
|4 %
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Apr 03, 2013
Awesome. Thank you. I started with the Superfoods Brownie and the S blade worked there. I recently ordered a Nutribullet (the economy Vitamix ha ha ha) and will give the icing a go once it arrives. I used up my kitchen gadget budget on an Excalibur dehydrator, so for now, other than the Nutribullet ... I'll be making due with the "budget appliances") Loving your site and your recipes. First time EVER I'm not hopeless in the kitchen. Maybe I never learned to cook because I do better with Raw. Thank you for making it possible!
Also, for this recipe you could use macadamia nuts or pine nuts instead of cashews. You could also use pecans instead of cashews. Hope this helps!
Nov 07, 2017
KristineL's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
I make pecan and walnut milk only. Could I use pecan pulp for the almond pulp and walnut pulp for the walnuts? Would you suggest I dry the walnut pulp first? Thanks!
Yes, using different kinds of nut-pulp (ie. pecan, walnut etc) would be fine! You don't need to dehydrate the pulp or anything, just make sure to squeeze it very dry using your nut milk bag to eliminate excess moisture.
adamverity's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
Delicious recipe. I added two ingredients; Maca (extra energy powerhouse) and Moringa powders (medicinal effect).
Hi Adam,
Nicely done! I bet the flavor of maca went really well with this one :)
May 23, 2017
renay's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
delicious! fudgy texture, not too sweet, perfect way to use up extra almond pulp and is a guilt free, feel good dessert! thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Renay! It is a handy and worthwhile use of leftover pulp :)
Feb 11, 2017
Great recipe! Can i substitute cocoa powder for cacao powder instead? Thanks
Absolutely, Zee!
Michele Vargas
Nov 05, 2016
Michele Vargas's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
The texture is awesome and tastes fantastic!! It very much resembles a gooey chewy brownie!!!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this one, Michele! It's handy to have an easy recipe that uses up almond pulp that actually tastes good ;)
Mar 24, 2016
Are We going to use raw cashews or soaked overnıght version? Thank you. Namaste
We are going to use raw cashews!
Dawn McPherson
Mar 07, 2016
So glad to finally have recipes to use pulp for. Always told my patients after making "milk" to put their pulp in ice cube trays, freeze and put portions in zip-lock bags for the thawing and portion convenience. Now I can add your recipes to the regime! YEAH!!!
Yeah!! I like your idea of doing it in ice cube trays, Dawn.
I do like this fudge recipe - it has a nice chewy texture.
Dec 08, 2015
I loved this i was looking for recipes for my pulps and found this and it's great i just wish that i could've use more pulp because i still have more.Can i use more pulp with this recipe next time?
Hi Mumin,
You could increase the almond pulp about 3/4 of a cup, but I wouldn't do much more than that because it'll change the consistency of the recipe too much and it won't hold together.
Hope this helps!
Mar 15, 2015
would it be possible to use a high speed blender for this recipe, like a vitamix?
Hi Adam, you must use a food processor for this recipe! :)
Dec 17, 2014
TPhillipson's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
I was wondering if you could give me a good substitution for the coconut. I am allergic. :-(
You can omit the coconut entirely in this recipe (alternatively you could use hemp seeds instead).
Nov 25, 2014
I made this and it was delicious. Can i use stevia or coconut palm sugar. I ran out of honey and maple syrup. Thanks for the recipe.
Hi Angely, both powdered and liquid stevia will be hard to distribute throughout the mixture so don't use it. I have never used coconut palm sugar but that would probably be okay.
Julie P
Oct 20, 2014
Julie P's Review
Raw almond pulp fudge
I found the mixture a bit sweet and "wet" for me, until I used 1 1/2 cups dehydrated almond pulp instead of 1/2 cup damp pulp.
Wow! Best, simplest sweet tooth satisfier ever!
I think the wetness could be contributed to 2 different things: 1) the type of date you use. Madrool are dry and flaky compared to Deglet Noor which are very moist. 2) the dryness of your almond pulp. If you really press all of the milk out, you will have dry powder instead of moist clumps. I hope this helps! :)
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03 April 2014
On 3 April 2014 at 23.02 CEST, a Soyuz launch vehicle carried the Sentinel-1A satellite into orbit.
Sentinel-1A is the first satellite of the European Copernicus Earth observation programme. The rounded structure of the LCT is installed at the upper end of the satellite.
In the test chamber, Sentinel-1A is subjected to frequency tests. The 12-metre radar antenna can be seen in the centre of the image.
The Sentinel-1A satellite is quite flexible; the SAR sensor will operate in two main modes: Interferometric Wide Swath and Wave. The Interferometric Wide Swath mode is typically used for land surfaces and the Wave mode over oceans.
Mapping flood events, observing oil slicks in the oceans, detecting ice distribution in the sea and measuring ground movements with millimetric precision – just some of the tasks of Sentinel-1A, the new flagship in European Earth observation. The roughly 2.3-ton, four-metre-high, two-and-a-half-metre-wide satellite was launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana at 23:02 CEST (18:02 local time) on 3 April 2014. The launch of Sentinel-1A also marks the start of the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) Earth observation programme called Copernicus. The DLR Space Administration is financing one third of the ESA element of the programme with funds provided by the German Federal Government.
The satellite will undergo a three-month-long commissioning phase before making its first routine data delivery in mid-year. "The radar system on the new European Earth observation satellite is one of the most powerful ever used in Earth orbit for civilian purposes. Using this instrument, which was developed and built in Germany on the basis of decades of experience, Sentinel-1A will be able to observe land and water surfaces day and night, regardless of the weather conditions. This is the start of a new era in remote sensing – consistent data collection is essential for the scientific analysis of global change," emphasised Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board.
Flying over every point on Earth in 12 days
"With the launch of Sentinel-1A, Copernicus, the Earth observation programme of the European Union and the European Space Agency has begun. Copernicus will provide the basis for an extensive European Earth observation data system. This will create new possibilities that are also relevant for commercial use by German companies," said Gerd Gruppe, DLR Executive Board member responsible for the German Space Administration, after the successful launch.
This has also significantly improved the 'repeat cycle'; it took the environmental satellite Envisat 35 days to fly over every point on Earth once – Sentinel-1A will do it in just 12 days. When it starts working with its identical twin satellite, Sentinel-1B, which is due for launch in 2015, the cycle will be reduced to six days. The result will be new application opportunities, such as documenting oil spills in the oceans or detecting ground movements such as those caused by earthquakes or as a result of mining.
Together, the two satellites will be supporting the monitoring of land surfaces, the marine environment and shipping traffic, as well as the 'ice service' in northern European and polar seas. Each of the two satellites is expected to provide data for at least seven years. ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, will be responsible for operating the satellites.
Additional test in space – new LCT communications technology
Sentinel-1A has another special payload on board. A new communications technology, the optical Laser Communication Terminal (LCT), is being tested on the Earth observation satellite. The LCT enables much larger quantities of data than before to be sent from space to ground with no time delay. The transfer capacity is around three times as great as with conventional systems. Furthermore, using the data relay system, the transmission period can be increased from 10 to 45 minutes.
As part of this, the European communications satellite Alphasat, which was launched in July 2013, will act as a test station for data transfer using the LCT on Sentinel-1A. Sentinel-1A will also be also the first client for the planned European 'data highway' in space, the European Data Relay System (EDRS).
Significant German participation in the ESA mission
The heart of Sentinel-1A, the radar system, was built by Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Germany is a leader in the area of radar technology for satellites and has proven its capabilities during a number of missions, such as Envisat, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and the German TerraSAR-X mission DLR's German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) will be responsible, among other things, for tasks such as supplying the algorithms for data processing and archiving. The DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute will be responsible for calibrating the radar antenna. The LCT was built by Tesat in Backnang, Germany. The DLR Space Administration is supporting the ESA programme using funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie; BMWi) and the Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur; BMVI).
With Copernicus – formerly Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) – the EU and ESA are creating a powerful and sustained Earth observation infrastructure for Europe. Under the programme, the EU is operating satellite-supported information services on land surfaces, oceans, the atmosphere, disaster management, climate change and security. At the heart of these services lie six families of satellites – the Sentinels. They are being developed by the ESA under the GMES Space Component (GSC) programme and will be operated under contract to the EU. Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 will follow in the coming years, marking important new milestones in the development of the Copernicus space components. The Sentinel-4, -5 and -6 missions are scheduled for launch towards the end of the decade. Satellite data from third parties, such as data from the German satellites TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and RapidEye, will also be incorporated into Copernicus. By enhancing current satellite missions, the Sentinels will be creating the world's most comprehensive and powerful civilian Earth observation system.
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Driver In Fatal Was Drinking At Casino
New London - The man who drove his car into a van filled with Connecticut College students Saturday morning, killing one, had been drinking at the Mohegan Sun casino prior to getting into his 2001 Honda, according to a state police sergeant.
In a statement given to investigators from state police, Daniel E. Musser, 24, of 200 Michelle Lane, Groton, said that he'd been drinking in the nightclubs at the casino, according to Sgt. Michael Collins, who was on duty Saturday morning when the crash occurred on Interstate 395 in Montville.
Collins said that Musser, a sailor at the Naval Submarine Base, failed a road sobriety test and then two Breathalyzer tests that were later administered at the barracks.
Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Musser left the casino and became confused when he tried to enter Route 2A. Instead of getting on the westbound lanes of Route 2A, Musser drove his car onto the eastbound side of the highway and headed west to the interstate, which he accessed by driving the wrong way down the Interstate 395 off-ramp.
Collins said that the barracks received three emergency calls about Musser's travels but that the troopers on duty were 10 miles away at the Foxwoods Resort Casino investigating a stolen vehicle found to be associated with a burglary in Philadelphia.
Collins said as soon as the calls came in troopers were redirected to the interstate. They could not get there before the crash.
Musser has been charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, among other charges. He is scheduled to appear in Norwich Superior Court this morning after being held over the weekend on a $100,000 bond at the Corrigan Correctional Center in Montville. He could face up to 19 years in prison.
When reached late Sunday, Jeffrey Hartmann, Mohegan Sun's chief operating officer, said, "Of course any tragedy like this is unfortunate, and we'll be working with state police to review the report and ascertain" whether Musser was patronizing the casino.
Sunday afternoon, a spokeswoman for Gov. M. Jodi Rell said that the tragic circumstances of the accident have made the governor question a proposal to extend the hours for liquor sales at the Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Elizabeth Durante, 20, of West Islip, Long Island, N.Y., was killed when she was tossed from the livery van that was taking the students to Boston's Logan Airport for a humanitarian mission to Uganda. Seven other students in the van and its driver were taken to area hospitals for evaluation. All were treated and released except for Jennifer Blanco, 20, of Groton. Blanco remained at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich on Sunday and was listed in fair condition.
In February, Rell and Republican lawmakers proposed extending the hours for alcohol sales at the casinos as a potential way to help close the state's budget gap. Currently, bars at the casinos must stop serving by 1 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday and by 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Collins said if the state approves the measure it would devastate the barracks.
"We're already stretched too thin as it is right now," he said, adding that Troop E has the dubious distinction of leading the state for alcohol-related arrests and fatal accidents.
Soon after the accident, Connecticut College students began text messaging each other, and college officials sent out an e-mail about the accident.
|Durante arrangements
Calling hours for Elizabeth Durante are 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Fredrick J. Chapey & Sons Funeral Home on Montauk Highway in West Islip. A funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Bay Shore on North Clinton Avenue.
Khana Riley, 21, a senior who is friends with many of the students embarking on the trip, said at first she ignored her BlackBerry when it signaled she had a message from the school. Then a professor she works closely with called her.
"I went ballistic," Riley said, adding that she raced to the hospital to check on her friends.
Stefanie Hinman of Norfolk had been Durante's roommate since their freshman year at Conn. Riley described them as inseparable.
They were the only juniors at the school living in a double room, Hinman said, and they preferred it that way because they agreed on everything and used one another's possessions indiscriminately anyway. The lived in the substance-free dorm.
Friday night, as they prepared to leave for Uganda on the trip they organized, the roommates didn't sleep.
"We made an Italian dinner, and Liz made her grandma's chicken, and the two of us spent most of the night packing and repacking" the 18 bags they were bringing, Hinman said. They carefully checked each by standing on a bathroom scale in their dorm to ensure none exceeded 50 pounds.
Saturday morning Hinman was in her father's car behind the van on the interstate. Hinman and another student were behind them because they could not all fit in the van.
"We didn't see anything of the other car," she said Sunday. "All of a sudden (the van) was flipping."
According to state police, Musser did not have the headlights illuminated on his car.
Harry Boardsen, owner of Livery Limited Inc., said Sunday that Faheem Muhammad, the van driver, was pretty banged up in the accident but was resting at his Groton home.
"We're keeping an eye on him. We're going to do whatever we can for him," Boardsen said. "You can replace fenders, bumpers and even a whole car but you can't replace people. It's tragic."
Boardsen said that every seat in the van, a 2006 Dodge Sprinter, was equipped with a lap and shoulder belt restraint and that all luggage was stored in a cage at the rear of the vehicle.
According to a police report of the accident, of the nine people in the van, two passengers, including Durante, were not restrained with a seat belt and it is not know whether four others used the belt to secure them to the seat. Three people, including the driver, used the shoulder and lap belt system.
In addition to her focus on improving the lives for children at the Asayo's Wish Network's orphanage in Uganda, Durante, along with Hinman, ran an after-school program at the Covenant Shelter in downtown New London.
"Our favorite, sort of fun thing to do was take some of the kids from there to campus," Hinman said.
Durante and Hinman would take the children to shows and concerts at the performing arts center and to dinner at Harris Hall.
Riley said she's pretty sure Durante paid for the students' meals and tickets. She became teary when she talked about Durante's work with the children at the Covenant Shelter.
"I don't even know if they know," she said, letting her voice trail off. "There are so many times I'd see a group of eight kids out there� she called them her kids. She never gave up on them. She was adamant about providing some sort of hope for them."
Last spring, Durante and Hinman, both certified emergency medical technicians, began organizing an on-campus EMS service, that could be used to respond to alcohol-related medical calls. Eight students have since been certified and they were starting to look for funding for the program, said Jocelyn Briddell, dean of student life at the college.
"She didn't drink, and she just felt very committed to making sure that students were safe and she found other alternatives and ways to make a difference and not be one of those students who decided to suspend their lives while being in college," Briddell said.
Some of Durante's friends are struggling with their emotions, particularly how to reconcile their feelings about Musser.
"It's difficult because I have to hate what happened and not necessarily the person because I know that he is going to go through a lot himself knowing what he did," said Riley, who described herself as a deeply religious person. "Two lives, in a sense, were taken because he can never get that back."
"It doesn't make sense. It does not make sense and it's so frustrating," Riley said while trying not to cry. "I just have to have faith that there is something bigger that He's protecting her from. That's the only think I can think of that can ease any of my frustration."
Counseling is available to students on the campus. A memorial service will not be scheduled until faculty, staff and students return to the college.
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More activists are suing to obtain a massive, secret study of CIA interrogation practices in a fight that could last longer than the study itself.
Overseen by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate intelligence panel, the 6,000-plus page study was three years in the making, as investigators probed how the Central Intelligence Agency imprisoned and harshly questioned suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. So far, the Obama administration has resisted making public the study or its executive summary.
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union filed the second Freedom of Information Act lawsuit intended to pry loose the Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence study, as well as the CIA's response. Judging from history, the dispute will take a long time to resolve. So far, moreover, courts often have assented when the president's emissaries demand secrecy in the name of national security."It's true that litigation takes longer than if the government voluntarily releases information," Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, said in an interview Wednesday, "but sometimes FOIA litigation is necessary . . . for informing the public."
More than 1,000 FOIA lawsuits have been filed against the Justice Department and its sub-agencies since 2001, and an additional 1,000-plus FOIA lawsuits have been filed against the CIA and the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security during the same period, according to data compiled by The FOIA Project. The project was established by the nonpartisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, based at Syracuse University.
Underscoring what critics say has been an increase in secrecy, there were more FOIA lawsuits filed during the first term of the Obama administration than in the last term of the prior Bush administration, the Syracuse-based project further found. Usually, such suits take a while.
In May 2011, for instance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued to obtain an opinion by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel opinion concerning FBI telephone surveillance. On Tuesday, 30 months after the original lawsuit was filed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in the ongoing case.
ACLU lawsuits filed starting in 2002 took years before they finally helped forced the release of "over 100,000 documents" relating to harsh CIA interrogation practices, Shamsi said.
Still other lawsuits consume lots of time only to crash in the end. Judicial Watch, for instance, sued in 2011 in hopes of obtaining photographs of the slain terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Two years later, an appeals court sided with the Obama administration in rejecting the request.
"The courts often defer to government claims of national security," attorney Jeffrey L. Light, who has filed FOIA lawsuits on behalf of other parties, acknowledged Wednesday, adding that "they're owed a great deal of deference for those claims."
The ACLU sued Tuesday in Washington, following up on an earlier Freedom of Information Act request for the Senate intelligence committee reports. The lawsuit was filed the same day the Justice Department formally responded to a similar lawsuit initiated in September by Light on behalf of California-based journalist Jason Leopold.
Leopold's lawsuit asked for the executive summary, estimated to span about 300 pages, while the ACLU lawsuit asks for the entire three-volume study as well as the CIA's written response. Both cases have been assigned to the same judge, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg.
"I don't know that it will take years," Shamsi said, when asked how long the litigation might last.
Boasberg has previously been sympathetic to some FOIA requests, as when he ordered the Justice Department earlier this year to release to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington more documents concerning former California congressman Jerry Lewis. That ruling came two years after the lawsuit was filed.
In a further move that Shamsi said could be helpful, Feinstein expects to hold a vote of the 15-member Senate intelligence committee on whether to formally recommend public release of the CIA interrogation study. In December 2012, the committee voted 9-6 to adopt the report, with Republican members including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho voting against adopting the study.
The upcoming committee vote will not, by itself, end the freedom-of-information dispute.
Authored by the late Sacramento, Calif., congressman John Moss, the Freedom of Information Act authorizes lawsuits to compel disclosure of documents by executive branch agencies. It does not, however, cover Congress, so a FOIA request cannot be filed directly with the Senate.
Instead, Leopold sued the Justice Department while the ACLU sued the CIA, each seeking the respective agency's copy of the Senate committee report. The Obama administration's first defense is that the report is not an "agency record" covered by the Freedom of Information Act because it was a product of Congress rather than the executive branch.
A key 1980 Supreme Court decision established that an agency must "create or obtain" a record and "be in control" of it in order for the record to be subject to Freedom of Information Act. If the ACLU and Leopold clear this hurdle, they will face the next layer of defense, involving national security claims.


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1. A large Scottish two handed sword. Derived from the Gaelic word calidheamhmor, meaning Great Sword.
2. A remote detonated mine used by the US Military.
2. A remote detonated mine used by the US Military.
by The Mighty Zee July 01, 2004
1. An anti-personel mine used by the military. Consisting of hundreds of BBs packed into a plastic casing backed by a few pounds of plastic explosives.
2. A long Scottish sword that is held with two hands.
2. A long Scottish sword that is held with two hands.
blowing up watermelons with improvised claymores is hella fun
by odd_jackal October 07, 2003
Claymore is a dark anime, about a female warriors colloquially termed claymores who have been augmented to be able to fight demons called Yoma which each human guts. Yoma are much more powerful than humans; able to easily kill a human and can take the form of their prey to remain hidden. As the series progresses, clare is called upon to fight awakened beings; entities even more powerful than many claymores. The anime is 26 episodes long and is actually quite good. Over time, information about clare's past and her motivation in becomming a claymore and fighting agaisnt yoma are revealed, as well as facts about the organization that employers her are revealed. English subs can be found online. This one is definitely for anyone who liks a good action/adventure/romance/drama story.
by Archonidun July 23, 2009
Remote triggered mine currently used by the US military. It consists of many ball bearings which fly out when the C4 explosive detonates, making it a good plast explosive and a good area-effect mine.
We plant the claymore there, and when Saddam Hussein walks on it, blow the bastard straight to hell.
by Rohan November 16, 2003
by conlyn August 19, 2007
The act of flatulating while walking down a busy street, hallway, etc. where the person behind you walks into it, experiencing the full force of your vile ass fumes.
"Placing claymore!"
by thedudeman456543234567 June 16, 2014
similar to grenades(ugly fat chicks) or land mines(skinny ugly chicks). these girls are cute from behind but once they turn around or you get to close them you notice there ugly and its too late.
She had a nice ass.. but when she turn around i couldn't say the same for her face..damn claymores got me again
by alejandro bueno August 23, 2010


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Amy Hanser Award Statement
This year's ASA Dissertation Awards Committee selected two nominees deserving of the honor. Amy Elizabeth Hanser, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of British Columbia, is one of the awardees for her Counter Strategies: Service Work and the Production of Distinction in Urban China. Hanser took her degree at the University of California, Berkeley, where she did her dissertation research and writing under the direction of Professor Thomas B. Gold. The committee members are pleased that both Hanser's ethnographic study and Jason Beckfield's analysis of primary and secondary data were in the same pool. We could not and did not wish to choose between two meritorious works that testify to the breadth and catholicity of sociological scholarship and the vitality of the discipline. They demonstrate the value of all styles of inquiry when used appropriately by skilled scholars.
Participant observation has long been central to the research arsenal of sociologists, and Hanser's study is an exemplary illustration of what it can accomplish. Her ability to acquire and understand data by both insinuating herself into and standing apart from the reality that concerns her is in the grand tradition of such classics as Whyte's Street Corner Society. She has employed excellent writing skills to produce a text that, like Street Corner Society, can attract students to sociology. Her text brings her colleagues and informants to life. With very little editing, Hanser's dissertation can become a book that would be required reading for beginning and advanced students alike.
The dissertation is an original and pathbreaking ethnographic study of the emergence of new social inequalities in urban China attendant upon major changes in national social and economic policies. Hanser examines this process from the vantage point of three staff positions she held from 2001 to 2002 as a retail clerk in Harbin, a large provincial city in northeast China. Her research is situated at the intersection of issues in stratification, culture, consumption, and gender. To organize the analysis, Hanser draws on the work of Bourdieu, Burawoy, Powell and DiMaggio, Fligstein, Lee, Swidler, Dorothy Smith, and others. The choice of retailing is particularly apt because, changing as rapidly as the economy and society, retail service reveals the dynamics of the emerging inequalities. It continues a line of sociological inquiry that goes back at least to Frances Donovan's 1930 monograph, The Saleslady.
Hanser first demonstrates that rapid political, social, and economic change in contemporary China is reflected in retail sector service and, thus, justifies her decision to situate her study there. She shows that economic reforms in response to consumer demands have transformed the selling staffs of state-owned department stores from state functionaries to clerks. Consequently, staff members have had to adjust to a new customer base and redefine their relations to it. This, in turn, has impacted other retail forms and their clienteles and staff behavior. The resulting ferment provides a fertile setting for Hanser's study.
Hanser observed staff behavior and customer relations as a uniformed salesclerk in two very different urban department stores -- one a large state-owned enterprise and the other a privately-owned exclusive purveyor of expensive cosmopolitan merchandise -- and, then, as a jack-of-all-trades, participating in and observing transactions in a privately-owned clothing stall located in a large underground bazaar specializing in lower quality merchandise for poorer shoppers. Her reports of the everyday activities of clerks, supervisors, and customers capture vividly the way in which systemic processes play out and are experienced at the individual level. From her vantage points, Hanser witnessed and documented a process that is contributing to new social inequalities emerging in urban China -- service work organized around the construction and communication of cultural boundaries legitimates and reproduces these inequalities. The distinctions among retailers are produced by the way in which their staffs solve everyday problems and routinize their activities, while providing a newly selective clientele with the means to create and maintain distinctions among consumers. These distinctions may not take the stereotypical form of class-based hierarchies; rather, they are inequalities expressed as exclusive claims to entitlements. The exercise of such claims is a familiar phenomenon to students of stratification and inequality.
Hanser's shrewd perceptiveness is apparent throughout the dissertation. Early on, for example, she notes that relational labor processes and the distinctions they entail are as much the product of relations among organizations as of individuals acting out unconscious class distinctions. She later demonstrates the power of this conceptualization by showing how a change from maintaining local inventories to direct provision of merchandise by distant providers reshaped workers' activities and customer relations. As another example, in an appendix on method in which she discusses non-neutrality issues for participant observers, Hanser notes that the observer's dependency on her subjects' acceptance makes her the observed at least as much as the observer. She then discusses some of the many consequences this has for collecting valid and reliable data. A dissertation replete with such nuggets can be mined indefinitely. We hope that the award will gain it the attention it merits.


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The Coalition of Agencies in Service to the Elderly will hold its 24th annual spring networking conference, "Navigating Transitions: Preparing for the Next Phase of Life," on Wednesday, May 8, at American Legion Post 1451, 6525 Ward Road, Sanborn. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will feature information on advance care planning; present a community resource fair; and offer door prizes, refreshments and a boxed lunch.
Elder law attorney Elizabeth Ingold will speak about transitioning from home to other locations of care and what one needs to know about estate planning, power of attorney, guardianship, living wills and health care proxies. She will also discuss legal responsibilities of the caretaker and what every caregiver needs to know.
Following Ingold's presentation, a panel of geriatric care managers will discuss details involved in the transition into long-term care, including financial responsibilities, laws, regulations and qualifications. Panel guests are Beverly Kubala, president of Geriatric Care Managers of WNY LLC; Roxanne Sorensen, owner and operator of Elder Care Solutions of WNY LLC; and Kristen Surdej, geriatric care manager at Laping, Surdej Associates LLC.
A unique luncheon presentation will be a memorable interactive event where Florika Miranda of Elder Care Solutions and Beth Donner of M&T Bank Reverse Mortgages will conduct a hands-on sensory loss simulation activity.
Open to the public, the conference is recommended for professionals who work with the aging population. This includes social workers, community service providers and health care professionals. The conference fee of $15 per person includes a continental breakfast, boxed lunch, resource fair and networking opportunities. For more information or to register, contact Dot Swift at [email protected] or call 716-285-8224, ext. 215. Registrations can also be mailed with payment to Dot Swift, Council for Older Adults, at 1302 Main St., Niagara Falls, NY 14301.
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2013: Started all nine games at quarterback … Academic All-NEFC … record setting season as a junior … threw for a school record 2,156 yards … completed 156 of 233 attempts and tossed 16 TD passes … also set school single-season marks for completions, passing TDs, completion percentage (67.0), passing yards per game (239.6) and total offense (2,410) … rushed for 254 yards and five scores … led the NEFC in passing rating (162.2) and was second in total offense and third in passing average … threw for over 200 yards in all but one game to set another school mark … threw for 288 yards at Pomona-Pitzer (9/7), completing 19-of-30 … hit on 14-of-20 for 261 yards and two scores at Becker (9/14) … named the NEFC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Hawks … also ran for a season-high 62 yards against the Hawks … totaled 268 yards of offense at Salve Regina (9/28) … completed 18-of-23 for 207 yards and a pair of scores against Nichols (10/18) … completed a season-high 26 passes on 39 attempts at Western New England (10/26) for 287 yards … that included a game-winning 53-yard TD pass against the Golden Bears … 13-of-22 for 200 yards and a pair of scores against Endicott (11/2) … set a school record with five TD passes against Maine Maritime (11/9) … completed 15-of-18 against the Mariners … named the NEFC and ECAC DIII Northeast Offensive Player of the Week for the performance against the Mariners … career-high 17 rush attempts for 53 yards and a score at Coast Guard (11/16) … hit on 21-of-31 for 293 yards and three scores against the Bears.
2012: Stepped in as the starter at quarterback as a sophomore … Academic All-NEFC … set a school record for total offense with 1,911 yards … completed 119 of his 199 attempts for 1,508 yards and 10 scores … threw for over 200 yards three times … also finished third on the team in rushing with 403 yards and five scores … finished among the top-10 in the NEFC in passing and total offense … No. 7 in the league in passing efficiency … threw for 151 yards and a score in his first start against Coast Guard (9/15) … also ran for 46 yards and a score against the Bears … set an MIT record with 366 passing yards, completing 25-of-37 at Curry (9/21) … also set a school mark for total yards against the Colonels with 385 … hit on 18-of-30 for 208 yards and three TDs against UMass Dartmouth (9/29) … threw for 217 yards and a score and rushed for 107 and another score at Western New England (10/13) … turned a fake punt into a 77-yard TD run against the Golden Bears … hit on 14-of-22 attempts for 171 yards and a pair of scores at Nichols (10/27) … also ran for 43 yards and a score against the Bison … rushed for 52 yards and a score at Endicott (11/3) … also handled punting duties … averaged 34.4 yards on 28 punts … placed five of his kicks inside the 20-yard line.
2011: Played in all nine games for MIT as a freshman … saw action as the squad's backup quarterback and primary holder on place kicks … hit on two of three attempts for 20 yards at Mass. Maritime (9/17) … ran for 19 yards and one score and threw for 36 yards in his best outing of the season at Plymouth State (10/8).
Off The Field at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering … minor in political science … research in the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory on next generation commercial aviation … SAAC treasurer.
High School: A 2011 graduate of Lincoln High School … all-city quarterback … all-city offensive Player of the Year … Les Schwab Bowl (Oregon Shrine Game) MVP … all-league … all-state … team captain … threw for 3,400 yards and 33 TDs with a 66 percent completion rate as a senior … also played basketball and lacrosse … All-American in lacrosse as a long stick middie … National Honor Society … Valedictorian … Pennsylvania Book Award … Portland Rotary Club Student of the Month.


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Inno3D introduces its first graphics card based on Nvidia's Fermi architecture, the GTX 470 Hawk. The GTX 470 has 448 SPs and a 320-bit memory interface. It was redesigned from the ground up to deliver the best performance on DX11 - adding dedicated engines in the GPU to accelerate key features like tessellation. The card promises to offer a great game performance and image quality, enabling film-like geometric realism for game characters and objects. Geometric realism is central to the GTX470 architectural enhancements for graphics. In addition, PhysX simulations are much faster, and developers can utilize GPU computing features in games most effectively. The combined power of DirectX 11, CUDA, and NVIDIA PhysX technologies are provided to offer cinematic visuals on your favorite games.
Basic specifications:
Besides the general features and advantages of the GTX 470 chip, Inno3D's Hawk card is offering more due to its special cooling system. The improved Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk is equipped with two 80mm PWM fans with a 90mm PWM fan between them that run from 900 to 2,000 RPM. Together with five heatpipes and 3x PWM fans, GTX 470 Hawk achieves a thermal resistance of 0.36°C/Watt. This cooling performance is expected to bring enthusiasts a great overclocking experience:
Despite boasting three enormous PWM fans, the GTX 470 Hawk manages to keep the noise level extremely low. Controlled by the PWM signal, the fans at the necessary speed in order to offer sufficient cooling at the lowest possible noise level. Even at full fan speed, the GTX 470 Hawk generates only 18-29dBA, a much quieter performance than the standard cooler and other aftermarket coolers:
The above chart illustrates the cooling performance of two Inno3D GeForce GTX 470's - one is equipped with the reference cooler and the other one has the triple fanned Hawk on board. Both cards were tested under the same platforms enduring full load testing . Clearly the Hawk cooler performed 24% better than the reference cooler with the reference showing signs of stress at 92°C.
- Retail package
The Inno3D GTX470 Hawk retails in a medium-sized box with a futuristic design and several sticker/ logos on it. At the time this article was written, we didn't find the product listed online. However, the generic Inno3D GTX470 costs a ~€360 (including VAT) so we assume the GTX 470 Hawk will cost you some extra bucks. This is almost what you need in order to get a competing graphics solution, the ATI HD5870 series.
The package includes the graphics card, an iChiLL gaming mouse pad , a DVI-D to DSub15 converter and a power cable in case your power supply doesn't have 2 PCI-e power cables. There are also two discs with drivers and applications that you may need to have a look.
Let's have a closer look to the card. The Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk is huge, equipped with a unique cooling system (made by Artic Cooling). The board of the card is 25cm long but its reaches the 27cm with the cooling system installed, so make sure this 'monster' fits in your PC case :)
As we mentioned earlier, the card is equipped with two 80mm PWM fans and a 90mm PWM fan placed between them. The fans are spinning at 900 to 2,000 RPM to cool down the heatsinks and your GPU, as a five heatpipes conduct the heat from the GPU:
The card should be powered by a 550 Watt power supply unit or higher and two PCI-e power cables. Due to the size of the cooling system, the card takes up three slots once installed.
Below you can see the dual DVI and the HDMI port of the card:
As the CPU-Z utility confirms, the Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk GPU core runs
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FLEXITY 2 – Ghent and Antwerp, Belgium
The Flemish transport operator has placed the biggest single tram order in its history for the supply of 48 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY 2 trams for the cities of Ghent and Antwerp with Bombardier Transportation. The contract includes an option for additional 40 trams. This tram order will provide a full facelift for the networks in the two largest Flemish cities in Belgium.
Not only will the FLEXITY 2 trams replace the ageing fleet of PCC trams, they will also increase capacity. Thanks to the increased length of 20 of the new vehicles, the new vehicles can carry more passengers than the current trams. Passengers will benefit from the easy access and comfort onboard the low-floor vehicles that are equipped with multi-purpose areas for wheelchair users and storage space for bicycles and prams.
The vehicles come in different lengths and configurations. Ghent will receive 10 bi-directional seven-module vehicles with a length of approximately 43 m, able to accommodate 378 passengers. Antwerp will receive 38 uni-directional trams: 10 seven-module vehicles with a length of approximately 43 m and a capacity for 380 passengers and 28 five-module vehicles with a length of approximately 31 m, able to accommodate 266 passengers in total. The trams are 2.3 m wide and equipped with meter gauge bogies with conventional axles offering a smooth ride as well as low wear and tear of both wheels and tracks. The motorized bogies feature fully suspended motors and gearboxes to keep ground vibrations to a minimum. All vehicles are equipped with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for drivers and passengers. The passenger HVAC system features efficiency improvements such as variable CO2 controlled fresh air flow to ensure an optimized climate for the passengers.
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Active Antenna
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This page is about the Active Antenna, which is a standalone version of the XO laptop's wireless mesh network interface. The active antenna is not available for deployments yet. It is still in development.
The Active Antenna is still in development and not available for outside testing or deployments. It is a standalone version of the wireless mesh network interface used in the XO laptop. It connects to a host or power source through a 5m (16ft) USB cable. As a mesh networking interface, it both serves as network interface for any host connected through USB and as a repeater node in the mesh. When the active antenna is ready for deployment, two or three Antennas can be used with each School server, one may be connected to an XO or other laptop to allow mesh networking, or they may simply be connected to a wall brick providing power.
A similar device is the Solar Repeater, where an Active Antenna is integrated with a solar cell and battery unit. This product is also still in development.
The Active Antenna requires around 200mA at +5V for normal operation. If connected to a USB host (and not just a power supply), it requires a specialized driver which uploads firmware and manages the mesh functionality. This driver is available for Linux (libertas) and Windows.
Obtaining one
Currently Active Antennas are not available for testing outside of OLPC.
There are different versions of Active Antenna, with different availability dates: Production, Pre-Build, and Prototype.
The Active Antenna production units are not scheduled to be built at this time.
A version of the Active Antenna will be built using the production electronics and a temporary packaging solution, while the molds for the final package are completed and tested. These units will not have any regulatory approval, and are solely for test use.
The picture shows Michail Bletsas, OLPC's chief connectivity officer, holding a pre-build Active Antenna.
We should have pre-build units available by the end of February, 2008.
An early Active Antenna prototype was built using engineering samples provided by Marvell. These early prototypes suffered from a problem where they did not reset consistently, but allowed School Server development and trial usage to occur.
About a hundred and twenty of these have been made. They do not have any regulatory approvals, and are solely for testing purposes.
Most of the early Active Antenna prototypes suffered from a problem where they entered stand-alone repeater mode too quickly, preventing their proper operation when plugged into a server on boot. This can be corrected by reprogramming them.
This is a closeup of the USB connection to the Marvell engineering module:
Note the components D1 and D2 on the lower edge. These are diagnostic LEDs controlled by GPIO lines on the controller. The LEDs are not visible outside the case. The default LED configuration may not be optimal. To set them to display in the same way as the XO, use this command:
iwpriv eth7 ledgpio 1 1 2 0
To turn them off to minimise power usage, use this command:
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Date and Time:
May 7, 1998 - 7:00PM to 9:00PM
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As National Poetry Month demonstrates, the last few years have radically changed the perception of poetry as a popular art. What are the implications for publishing, distribution and marketing? What does the future hold for poets, publishers and poetry audiences?
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Kennedy Theatre announces season ticket packagesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Director of Publicity, Kennedy Theatre
Kennedy Theatre Box Office, (808) 956-7655
Kennedy Theatre at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa launches its 50th anniversary with two opportunities for patrons to purchase tickets before the season begins. Both programs offer substantial savings over standard ticket prices. These tickets are available for all of Kennedy's mainstage shows this season: "Big Love," a musical adaptation of Charles Mee's acclaimed play; "Look Back Move Forward," a dance concert featuring UH alumni choreographers; "Lady Mu and the Yang Family Generals," classical Jingju ("Beijing opera") performed in English; and "The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip," a musical for young audiences.
Kennedy's "Golden Anniversary Combo" allows individuals to purchase one ticket for each mainstage show of the season; patrons choose the performance date they would like to attend when placing the order. The package costs $50 (including fees) — 50% less than tickets would cost individually. The "Advance Super-Saver" program provides more flexibility. With this option, patrons can purchase tickets for any or all of the mainstage shows, and may purchase an unlimited number of tickets to each. Super-Saver tickets are 35% less than standard prices.
Kennedy Theatre is offering both packages through Friday, September 6. Tickets may be purchased online at etickethawaii.com, or by phone at (808) 944-2697. Patrons can also download an order form at hawaii.edu/kennedy/boxoffice/supersaver.pdf, and then mail or fax that form to the Kennedy Theatre box office.
These savings programs are in keeping with Kennedy Theatre's goal of making theatre as accessible as possible to the O'ahu community. As Kennedy's theatre manager Marty Myers explains, "We're always proud of our season, and thrilled to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We want to make it possible for everyone to come celebrate with us."
KENNEDY THEATRE 50th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
To Purchase Tickets:
Online: etickethawaii.com
Phone: (808) 944-2697
By Mail or Fax:
Download form at Hawaiʻi.edu/kennedy/boxoffice/supersaver.pdf, then send to theatre box office:
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Mail: 2013-14 50th Anniversary Tickets
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Hairless cat breeds, such as a Sphinx or a Peterbald, don't necessarily mean less maintenance. Although these cats are beautiful, unusual and affectionate, their exposed skin often requires more care than that of a typical furry feline.read more
Name: Pebbles
Age: 15
Breed: Blue Tabby
Owner: Tammy F
Hometown: Denver, CO
My Rescue Story:
"Rescued Pebbles from my front porch where she came into my home and told me point blank that this was her home. She's been there ever since. She was 6months old and now she 16 1/2 years. "
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May 9, 2005
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
The UC Santa Barbara men's basketball staff is now complete with the addition of Joe Nagy as Director of Basketball Operations, head coach Bob Williams announced today.
Nagy comes to UCSB with a solid coaching background. A native of the Bay Area, he was the first-ever head coach at Hercules High School in Richmond, Calif., during the 2001-02 season. In 2002-03, he was the head coach at Berean Christian High School in Walnut Creek, Calif., guiding that program to its first 20-win season and a 13-1 conference record. In 2000-01, Nagy spent a season as an assistant coach at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif. In that one year - with current Gaucho guard Joe See as one of its key players - De La Salle won a state championship. In 1998-99, he spent one season as the top assistant coach and scouting director at his alma mater, Clayton Valley High School in Concord, Calif.
"I am excited to fill the Director of Operations spot with someone who has such a varied background," Williams said. "Joe is extremely versatile with experience in coaching, business and marketing. He is a perfect fit and a great addition to our staff."
In 2003, Nagy co-founded Total Sports Management, a sports management company. He also spent one year, 2002-03, as a financial advisor at American Express Financial Advisors/Prudential Securities. He earned his BA in Communication Studies from Westmont College in 1998.
"I am thrilled and excited by the opportunity to work with Coach Williams," Nagy said. "This is a great staff and to be a part of it is a real exciting thing. I very much look forward to what I think will be an outstanding learning experience."
Nagy replaces Derrick Allen, who left to become a full-time assistant coach at San Jose State